Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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